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Illustration of Hernan Cortes, dressed in red and white, meeting Aztec Emperor Montezuma II, who wears elaborate gold and feathered attire, inside a richly decorated room.
Hernån Cortés meeting Montezuma II Hernån Cortés (left) meeting Montezuma II, undated illustration.

Montezuma II

Aztec emperor
Also known as: Moctezuma II, Moteucçoma
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Montezuma II (born 1466—died c. June 30, 1520, TenochtitlĂĄn, within modern Mexico City) was the ninth Aztec emperor of Mexico, famous for his dramatic confrontation with the Spanish conquistador HernĂĄn CortĂ©s. In 1502 Montezuma succeeded his uncle Ahuitzotl as the leader of an empire that had reached its greatest extent, stretching to what is now Honduras and Nicaragua, but that was weakened by the resentment of the subject tribes to the increasing demands for tribute...

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